ABSTRACT
Mālik ibn Anas was a Muslim jurist from Medina and the eponymous patron of the Mālikī school of law (madhhab). He was born in about 93/711 and died in 179/795. During his life, Mālik’s role was as the repository of local norms, and he was also involved in public and political judicial affairs. He has always been pictured as someone staunchly opposed to the governors of the time but also able to act as a shrewd statesman in his interactions with them.
